Supermarket News In Brief…
Keurig Green Mountain of Waterbury, Vermont, and Reily Foods Co. of New Orleans, Louisiana, parent company to New England Coffee, have announced an exclusive multi-year manufacturing and distribution agreement for New England brand coffee, New Orleans Famous French Market Since 1890 brand coffee and Luzianne brand iced tea pods for Keurig hot brewing systems in the U.S. and Canada…
King Arthur Flour has hired Beth Kluge as VP of sales. She has 25 years of sales leadership experience in the bread and baking industry and will oversee wholesale product sales. She will focus on bringing traditional, specialty and gluten-free flours and mixes to bakeries and consumers…
James Wood, 85, former CEO and chairman of A&P, died March 26. He served as A&P’s CEO from 1980-1998 and served as chairman from 1980-2001. Under his leadership, A&P established the Superfresh, Farmer Jack, Food Emporium and Waldbaums brands to the Montvale, New Jersey-based company. In other obituary news, Kenneth Abrahams, 85, of Enfield, Connecticut, died March 30. He was president of Waldbaums Food Mart from 1969-1996. He established the Avocado Open, then New England’s largest charitable golf tournament, which raised millions of dollars for a variety of charities. He was a former member of the Connecticut Food Association’s (CFA) board of directors and was the 1986 CFA Person of the Year.
